Barbershop groups to perform Saturday

PORT CLINTON - A Barbershop Bandstand Fundraiser concert to benefit Light House Sober Living will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Port Clinton High School Performing Arts Center, 821 S. Jefferson Street.

The performance includes Voices of Freedom Community Choir directed by Greg Fox; Songs from the '60s and '70s by the Lake Plains Barbershop Chorus, and a special featured quartet all the way from Columbus, Buckeye Blend.

Following the main performance, there will be an Afterglow in the high school cafeteria, featuring a number of barbershop groups and a light meal. Tickets are $15 for the main show and $10 for the Afterglow, available at Mary’s Blossom Shop or Coffee Express in Port Clinton, Victory Coffee & Company in Marblehead, A Cut Apart Hair Salon in Oak Harbor, or at the door.

For more information, call 419-967-9550.

'Big Band Dance' to honor veterans

PORT CLINTON - The PC Seniors of the Port Clinton Senior Center will hold their an annual “Big Band Dance” from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday in the Port Clinton High School Cafeteria, 821 S. Jefferson St.

This year’s dance will be in partnership with the PCHS Leadership Council and will honor Veterans and active service personnel. The dance, “A Tribute to Our Veterans — Bringing the Generations Together,”,will include the “Parade of Colors” under the direction of John Culp, ICC (SS) USN Ret.

The event is open to the public. Music is by the "Night Session" big band. Admission is $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Information: 419-341-1080.

Terra to hold free percussion concert

FREMONT - The Terra State Community College Percussion Ensemble will be performing a concert entitled "Rock, Rhythm and Rolls" at 7 p.m. Nov. 17, in the Recital Hall of the Bordner Arts and Technologies Center on the Terra Campus.

The Percussion Ensemble will perform several different types of music including, jazz, contemporary, classical, and world percussion pieces.

Admission is Free.

Holiday painting event slated at Schedel Gardens

ELMORE - Painting with Donna — Holiday Ornament on Pallet Board, will be featured from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, at Schedel Arboretum and Gardens, 19255 W. Portage River South Rd, Elmore.

All materials and one complimentary glass of wine is included with the $50 fee. Call 419-862-3182.

Teen troupe to present 'Alice in Wonderland'

TIFFIN - The Ritz Teen Thespian Guild presents "Alice in Wonderland," based on the classic novel by Lewis Carroll, at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Ritz Theatre, 30 S. Washington St., Tiffin. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students.

The Ritz Teen Thespian Guild features students in grades 9-12 from high schools throughout the region.

For more information call 419-448-8544, ext. 112 or email dianne@ritztheatre.org.

Zoo to kick off 'Lights Before Christmas' Nov. 17

TOLEDO - Toledo Zoo’s Lights Before Christmas kicks off with a tree-lighting ceremony on November 17, when the award-winning “Big Tree” — an 85-foot Norway spruce decorated with more than 35,000 energy-saving LED bulbs — will light up the night sky (between 5:30 and 6:15 p.m.).

The tree-lighting ceremony starts the six-week long Lights Before Christmas display that features over 1 million lights and more than 200 illuminated animal images at the zoo.

Lights Before Christmas will be open through Dec. 31, but closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve night, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. For more information call 419-385-4040 or visit toledozoo.org.

A full-size cast of a Tyrannosaurus rex fossil skeleton will be on display in a new dinosaur exhibit at COSI in Columbus.(Photo: Submitted)

Dinosaurs headed for Columbus science center

COLUMBUS - COSI, Columbus’ world-class science center, and the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) are opening a 13,000 square-foot gallery on Nov. 18 dedicated to dinosaurs and natural history in a first-of-its-kind partnership for AMNH.

The space will feature a permanent American Museum of Natural History Dinosaur Gallery, the life-sized cast of a massive Tyrannosaurus rex that’s certain to captivate the imagination of people of all ages, as well as more specimens from AMNH’s renowned dinosaur collection.